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Harm Reduction
August 31, 2022
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Natalie Shure
Gavin Newsom Is Willing to Let Californians Die to Appease Rich Elites
The California governor’s shock veto of a bill that would have created safe injection sites is a shameful play for major donors who would fuel a future presidential run, at the expense of his most vulnerable constituents.
February 14, 2022
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Natalie Shure
Bush-Era Crack Panic Is Back, and It’s Going to Get People Killed
Right-wingers dusted off their 1980s playbook to demonize a valid harm-reduction technique—and Democrats shamefully caved to them.
January 5, 2022
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Molly Osberg
Will the Opioid Settlement Money Actually Help People Who Need It?
A $26 billion deal is now in local governments’ hands. It could go to harm reduction or toward police and politicians’ pet concerns.
December 29, 2021
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Grace Segers
The Grimmest Milestone That America Ignored this Year
In the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of overdose deaths surged past 100,000 for the first time in 2021.
December 17, 2021
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Laura Weiss
There’s a Revolution Happening in Harm Reduction for Drug Users. Can Our Broken Health Care System Handle It?
In the face of unprecedented opioid overdose deaths, the people most at risk can’t reliably access care—including life-saving treatments like methadone and buprenorphine.
November 24, 2021
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Zachary Siegel
Give People Safe Drugs
Over 100,000 overdose deaths happened last year, driven by volatile and lethal fentanyl. The safe supply movement may have an answer for the crisis.
October 7, 2021
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Daniel Fernandez
Biden’s Questionable Pick for Drug Czar
Federal drug policy needs a major overhaul, but Rahul Gupta has a record of making harmful compromises.
February 25, 2021
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Zachary Siegel
What If We Pay People to Stop Using Drugs?
Traditional treatments often take place in expensive facilities, demand total abstinence, and rely on punitive methods of control. A harm reduction model turns all of that on its head.
July 29, 2020
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Zachary Siegel
The Coronavirus Is Blowing Up Our Best Response to the Opioid Crisis
“Any gains we made in funding for health departments, syringe exchanges, naloxone distribution—it’s all at risk.”
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